Blackboard Tree vs mountain-cabbage

Alstonia scholaris compared with Euterpe precatoria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	mountain-cabbage
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Arecaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Euterpe
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Euterpe precatoria

Evolutionary Relationship

Blackboard Tree and mountain-cabbage share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

mountain-cabbage

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	mountain-cabbage
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

mountain-cabbage

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.